cigaro wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:01:... At any rate, I did buy an unused Sportster muffler a while ago but I'm not really clear what I would have to ask a muffler shop to bend, etc., to make this fit onto the Savage. Nor am I really clear about what extra parts I need to make it work with the Savage, if I take the stock one off. I do have the part number for the small Harley heat shield, too. But from what I understand, I will also need to rejet, which is something I'm not really equipped to do at this point.
Check the thread in the tech section for good instructions about fitting the Sportster muffler. Once you take it off, it's clear what need to be done. As a matter of fact the hardest part is finding a shop that will fool with it.
I got a new head to exhaust gasket. Removed the stock muffler and mounted the HD muffler. I measure the gap between the pipes, and took the HD muffler and the exhaust pipe to the muffler shop. I just told them I wanted a pipe to fit over the exhaust and into the muffler when they are spaced that far apart. They cut a stock pipe to length and expanded one end. They charged me $5. I bought a stock HD clamp for the muffler and used a U clamp for the other.
The biggest problem in rejetting is getting the screws out of the carb body. They strip easily. I ended up using a pair of needle nose Vice-grips to remove the screws. I replaced teh screws with allen cap screws. Check the "Carb Specs" thread in the tech section. The main jet just screws out. Screw the larger one in and button it back up and you're done.
Steve
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